Laughing all the way to the Banksy.
Six years ago a Melbourne woman made a purchase that was considered somewhat ludicrous by family and friends — she paid £500 for a stencil by the enigmatic British street artist Banksy. But she is having the last laugh.
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Gothamist is claiming that this new humorous mural on the corner of Grand and Wooster in downtown Manhattan is courtesy of infamous street artist Banksy and executed by the painters at Colossal Media, the same company responsible for all those hand painted billboards in Soho for H&M, among others.
As New Orleans watches the movement of potential hurricane Gustav, another force has hit its yet-to-recover neighbourhoods — the street artist Banksy.
A dozen works by the secretive British artist were spread around the city Friday, on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Said Banksy of the operation, “Three years after Katrina I wanted to make a statement about the state of the clean-up operation,” and attested that the city’s levee wall offered “the best painting surface in the state of Louisiana”.
He has been in the city for at least a week, covering surfaces in the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward, much of which has not yet been rebuilt.
Among the controversial images are one of two soldiers, carrying a TV set and apparently looting, Abraham Lincoln as a homeless man pushing a basket and a marching band wearing gas masks.
There are also works reflecting on the plight of New Orleans’ residents, including an old man in a rocking chair with an American flag below the words “No Loitering,” a boy chasing an umbrella that is blowing out of reach and a girl caught in in a rain shower that comes from under her umbrella.
Banksy painted some of the works over the gray paint left by anti-graffiti campaigner Fred Radtke, who covers up graffiti with paint.
And so the world media thinks it has ‘unmasked’ the elusive Banksy once again. The UK’s Daily Mail has published a pic of an individual they believe to be Banksy.
The photo has been in circulation for a while, but it isn’t the only one Banksy. The photo first appeared in The Evening Standard Newspaper in 2004, and was supposedly taken by a Jamaican photographer named Peter Dean Rickards when banksy flew to Kingston to work on a project.
Anyway, we’ve collated a bunch of Banksy Unmasked pics (after the jump).
You be the judge…
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Banksy is going underground with tunnel art exhibition.
The elite of the London art world will convene in Lambeth tonight to examine graffiti in a dank railway tunnel.
A Piece of Melbourne street artwork by reclusive British artist Banksy has now gone under cover.
A clear perspex screen has been installed to protect the quirky piece of graffiti from being vandalised.
The 1m spray-stencil work of a figure in a duffle coat with a diver’s helmet is on the back wall of the Nicholas Building at the entrance to Cocker Alley, off Flinders Lane. It was painted in 2003.
Despite its value, it is often hidden behind rubbish bins. Other Banksy works dotted around Melbourne’s laneways have disappeared under layers of graffiti or through council clean-ups.
The city council’s Street Art Assessment Panel designated the stencil as legal art.
The cover, paid for by the building’s owners, cost a few hundred dollars. Some of Banksy’s London graffiti art has sold for over $450,000.
To view more of Banksy’s Melbourne offerings, please visit my Banksy Flickr set here.
Banksy pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London.
The secretive graffiti artist managed to erect three storeys of scaffolding behind a security fence despite being watched by a CCTV camera.
Then, during darkness and hidden behind a sheet of polythene, he painted this comment on ‘Big Brother’ society.
Yesterday the scaffolding gang returned to remove all evidence - again without the camera operator stopping them.
The work, above a Post Office yard in Newman Street near Oxford Circus, shows a small boy, watched by a security guard, painting the words: ‘One nation under CCTV.’
Andrew Newman, 35, a businessman from Dulwich, who works locally, said: ‘It was only on Sunday morning that the Post Offices guys realised what had happened.’
Artist Banksy Pranks Security.
Secretive graffiti artist Banksy is believed to have created his biggest work yet, under the not-so-watchful eye of security cameras in central London.
Looks like ole Robert Banks is keeping busy these days… here’s some new samplings…
Banksy strikes again in Islington, north London - the graffiti artist is thought to have struck again overnight, leaving this image on the wall of a pharmacy in north London.
The new painting depicts two children pledging allegiance to UK supermarket giant Tesco. A Tesco plastic bag flies in the place of a flag.
The owner of the pharmacy in Essex Road, Islington, is said to be thrilled by his new paint job.
“I just walked into the shop on Monday and, lo and behold, there it was,” he told the London Paper.
“I am absolutely delighted - I think it’s just fantastic. I’ve heard how much these works can go for.
“We would consider selling the wall, but not the shop. I think anyone who would want to erase it is crazy. It’s a piece of art.” (It’s sad that Banksy has become synonymous with $$$ - JR)
Banksy’s latest graffiti follows Gordon Brown’s warning last week that retailers may be forced to cut down on plastic bags if they do not do so voluntarily.
The Prime Minister has hailed the example of retailers such as Marks and Spencer, who has announced it will charge customers 5p for every carrier bag given out by its food stores.
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Underground carpark in the Swiss Embassy a veritable treasure trove of Banksy artwork!
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